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Find the next match

F3

Windows Desktop app Visual Studio 2022, General profile

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To find the next match in Visual Studio, press F3. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Anywhere

These are the defaults for Visual Studio's General settings profile. Other profiles change them.

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio - Microsoft Learn

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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More Visual Studio shortcuts

Find the next match of the selection Ctrl + F3
Format the whole document Ctrl + K then Ctrl + D
Format only the selection Ctrl + K then Ctrl + F
Go to a line number Ctrl + G
Go to the declaration Ctrl + F12
Go to the definition F12
Go to the next result location F8
Insert a code snippet Ctrl + K then Ctrl + X

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